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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 1: "The Possibility of Evil".
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What kind of flowers does Miss Strangeworth send to the church for the celebration of the new minister's arrival?
(a) Gladiolus.
(b) Poppies.
(c) Carnations.
(d) Roses.
2. When Miss Strangeworth thinks to herself "People must live graciously, after all," (425), what does this show about her as a person?
(a) She understands the irony of her position in the town.
(b) She understands very little about other people.
(c) She wants everyone to have a life as nice as hers.
(d) She is a very selfish person.
3. Why did Miss Strangeworth stop calling Tommy Lewis "Tommy" and start calling him "Mr. Lewis"?
(a) It was not usual for adults in this time to use one another's first names.
(b) He asked her to marry him and then broke off their engagement.
(c) They had a terrible fight in high school.
(d) She thinks that his status as a grocer is beneath her.
4. What has Miss Strangeworth written to Mr. Lewis in one of her letters?
(a) That his nephew is plotting to kill him.
(b) That his girlfriend probably killed her first husband.
(c) That his grandson is stealing from him.
(d) That his wife is cheating on him.
5. Miss Strangeworth thinks that the Cranes are "infatuated" (421). What would this mean is true about the couple?
(a) They are in love, in an exaggerated and perhaps foolish way.
(b) They are kind people but perhaps not very intelligent.
(c) They are strange people who often seem out of touch with others.
(d) They have a difficult relationship and often argue.
Short Answer Questions
1. What is implied about Miss Strangeworth's choice of the multicolored paper for her notes?
2. Who is Ethan Allen?
3. Why does Miss Strangeworth fail to notice the important detail about her letters?
4. Miss Strangeworth thinks that people everywhere are "degraded" (425). What does this mean that she thinks about people?
5. What is the longest time that Miss Strangeworth has been away from her town?
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